Acute

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as a decrease in kidney function occurring in the glomerular filtration ability of the kidney causing an increase in nitrogenous waste in the blood and in turn increasing the creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels (McCance & Huether, 2014). Other findings associated with AKI include, a decrease in urinary output and also accumulation of metabolic acids, and increased potassium and phosphate concentrations (Bellomo, Kellum & Ronco, 2012). The AKI is…

consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood (“Major Functions,” n.d.). Leukemia is a malignant cancer of the blood and bone marrow that affects this system and involves an abnormal growth of white blood cells (McGlaufin, Munger, and Nelson, 2015). Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a subtype of this disease and is most common in older adults, specifically males 65 and older (Turbeville, 2014). In AML, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells, red blood cells, or platelets…

One case report about EGE presenting as acute pancreatitis due to milk allergy was published[10]. Another case report of EGE presenting as acute pancreatitis in a patient due to egg shell allergy was also published[11]. These reports indicate that pancreatitis, can, very well result from EGE. However, in our case, the patient did not have history of food allergy. A possible mechanism by which food hypersensitivity-related EG may cause acute pancreatitis is due to obstruction of the pancreatic…

My picture is a robot enjoying a sunny, spring day. The robot is wearing a purple bow made out of acute triangles and acute triangle earrings. In addition, the robot’s hair is a parallelogram and she has a square face. The eyes, nose, and ears are acute triangles. Her smile is an obtuse triangle which helps civilians know that she is elated. Also, the robot’s body is a rectangle. The middle of her body is a heptagon on top of a pentagon which is sitting upon a hexagon. This is her symbol which…

Identifying the Problem After working in both Nursing Home and the Acute Care Settings, I personally have noticed the big difference in the care of the Alzheimer’s disease patients and the elderly without AD. Caring for Alzheimer`s disease patients is more challenging for both the caregivers and health care providers. It is as stressful for both the patients and caregivers as they try to maintain their cognitive intact and as caregivers strive to make the patients feel as normal as…

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY – Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is currently recognized as the preferred nomenclature for the clinical disorder formerly called Acute Renal Failure(ARF).This transition in terminology was meant to emphasize that the spectrum of the disease is much broader than a subset of patients who experience failure and require dialysis support .This nomenclature explains that renal failure occur as a continuum 1. AKIN recently defined AKI as “ functional or structural abnormalities or…

When scrolling through Facebook during vacation, I stumbled upon this article claiming that unprecedented steps have been taken to improve cancer therapies. For years, the topic of cancer and the treatments for the disease has always interested me and the astonishing exclamation that “more than half of terminally ill blood cancer patients experienced complete remission in early clinical trials” in the article’s subtitle just seemed to heighten my interest even further. However, this not the only…

This patient is a 70-year-old male who required inpatient hospitalization due to concerns for acute exacerbation of congestive heart failure. He was presented to the emergency department due to the complaints of pain in the sub sternal/epigastric region accompanied by productive cough which worsen by movements. The pain was described as mild to moderate, constant and dull. His past medical history was suggestive of cardiomyopathy and hypertension. It was noted that he underwent cardiac…

Mrs. Smith is a 55 year old female who presented to the ED via LEO with acute psychosis. She was found in the street by LEO trying to jump in front of on-coming traffic. At the time of the assessment Mrs. Smith presents calm with rambling speech. She states the police are killing me, I'll try to go head and die for you. She denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. However, does appear to be responding to internal stimuli.12/8/16 MCM with LEO for suspected…

During this Grand Round Dr. Anderson started by presenting statistical data that showed the incidence and mortality of acute pancreatitis in the ICU. Acute pancreatitis (AC) is about the 2nd- 3rd most common GI disorder that receive admission in ICU in the US and 10-15% of these ones develop a severe stage of the disease with an increase in mortality up to 30%. In the US, it is expended about one billion dollar in health care to support/treat AC patients. From these cases of AC, 45% are…